On the night of February 17, 2017, 20-year-old Nicolas Thomas was driving westbound on I-264 (the Watterson Expressway) in Louisville when he was struck by multiple gunshot wounds. Police believe the shooting began near the airport and may have continued for several miles along the busy expressway before his car struck a concrete barrier near the Taylor Boulevard exit about 11:45 p.m. Nicolas died at the scene and the westbound lanes were closed for hours while investigators processed the area.

Authorities said at least one other vehicle was involved and that shots appeared to have been fired along an extended stretch of roadway, but no suspect vehicle description was available immediately after the attack. The case was the city’s 17th homicide that year; as of early 2020 the killing remained unsolved. Nicolas’s family, already grieving after the earlier, separate loss of the grandfather’s son to gun violence, has publicly appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone saw vehicles or activity on I-264 westbound between the airport and Taylor Boulevard around 11:30–11:50 p.m. on February 17, 2017, please share what you know.